thanks i my 2 old race bikes i carnt bare to let them go but the aprilia rs 250 is polished i thought it was a good idea at the time and 30hrs later it looked nice 6 yrs on and it looks bad, and my sv650 race bike was powder coated and where i crashed and gravel rashed the powder coating it looks terrible thats why i want to keep the original look

vapor blasting thats a new one to me il have to read up on that i have got a few things to try now thanks for all the info guys i will let you all know how it goes